BLOG: As others eye cuts, Sherrod Brown pushes for expansion of Social Security

5:26 PM,
Nov. 6, 2013

Sen. Sherrod Brown is interviewed by the Media Network of Central Ohio in 2012.

Written by

Deirdre Shesgreen
Correspondent

Talk about going against the grain. As Republicans and Democrats alike talk about trimming social safety-net programs to reduce deficits, Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, is pushing a proposal to increase Social Security benefits.

"There are plenty of ways to ? get in a better place in the budget," Brown said in call with reporters Wednesday. "Cutting social security is not one of them."

He has signed onto a bill, sponsored by Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa, that would make the Social Security benefit formula a tad more generous, would give seniors more robust cost-of-living increases, and would ...